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13/11/2017 Documentary 1h 11m
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Overview

You’d never know this is your home away from home. The surveillance camera outside shows a drab reception area and an unremarkable street in Mexico City; inside, the lights flash, but the tables are empty. Yet preparations are soon underway and fixed categories cease to apply: stubble is removed, make-up applied and strands of hair are teased into place; the camera is trained not on the men themselves, but what they see in the mirror.

  1. Camila José Donoso

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Roshell Terranova

  2. Liliana Alba

  3. Lia Garcia

  4. Cristián Aravena

  5. Diego Alberico

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-22
This is a documentary that pretty much does what it says on the can. It takes us within the walls of an out of the way bar where, once the sun goes down, the lights come up and the eponymous Roshell Terranova provides a stage for Mexican men who range from the traditional drag artiste through to those with more existential gender issues. Whilst there isn’t any persecution from the authorities about what they are doing, there isn’t really much trade, as it were, either so most of her custom comes from regulars out to get dolled up to the nines and let their hair down. What doesn’t work so...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Spanish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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